Dwayne Pagnotto: Author and concept artist in Penns Grove, New Jersey.

Maureen Mahon is absolutely right! The management company that I worked at for years had a policy of not even continuing the conversation if the financing wasn't in place because we couldn't approach a client with a project that wasn't far enough along to be seriously considered. Especially if they're a client who is constantly working and likely has a number of other projects in consideration that are fully financed and ready to go.

I also agree with Maureen Mahon & Jack Binder - managers are way better to approach than agents with projects at this phase - if you don't have other elements attached or financing, letting them know they are getting a first-look can be helpful. Also, be open to sharing - agents cannot produce by law but managers can so it may help to let the manager know that you are open to them producing with you if Steven responds to the material. That may give them an extra incentive to take a look and could lead you to a producing partner with relationships that help. Also, I recommend watching Wright's short film, THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS, which he won an Oscar for if you haven't already, and then reference how much you like the film (assuming you do)... any type of personal connection to his work may also strike a cord. Just thoughts to consider, Dwayne Pagnotto.

Wow! Thanks so much to everyone that answered.I had already assumed nobody would help me so i stopped checking this a long time ago, thus the delayed reaction in answering,

But, now that i see everything the agent or manager may ask to see, or wish to know that i have, i may as well not bother. I don't have a pitch deck, a series bible is what i have. I do not have any kind of video made of it or anything else, that includes no financing. So I'm sure they'd turn me down right outta the gate.

Oh well, it was just an idea. Bad idea i guess....lol.

Thanks again everyone, for trying to help. It really meas a lot to me.

Take care.

As an ADD brain, I am easily distracted, so after trying alt rock, orchestra, techno, trance, I am settling on ambient, electronica, meditative music and Tibetan bowls. I can dissappear for hours into that creative zone. Ommmm

One of the first of the ambient genre to hook me was David Bowie's "The Mysteries", from there Brian Eno, Grabek, and many others.

Mike Clarke I find music often engages my mind too much to write. It depends on the music and if I'm already super familiar with it or not. Often ambient music is the best. I found this channel to be great: https://somafm.com/deepspaceone/songhistory.html

Tucker Teague, Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I have an Amazon playlist, that I use. https://music.amazon.ca/user-playlists/021e2c9c48df4836b786f80ba84cb8fdc...

Hey Maurice, how are you doing my dear friend? I hope yer holiday season is going well for you. Hi Richard, good hearing from you as well. Got all yer shopping done yet? Hope so...hehehe. Well, good hearing from you both. See ya around sometime. Take care and Merry Christmas!

I'm doing great, Dwayne Pagnotto. My holiday season is going great too. Thanks. I've been working on projects, networking, resting, and watching Christmas movies. Good hearing from you too. Take care and Merry Christmas! And successful new year!

Glad to have you sound off, Dwayne Pagnotto!

You're welcome, Dwayne Pagnotto. Hope Steven Wright agrees to voice Jingles in your TV pilot. Take care and have a great weekend too, my friend.

I don't have answers for you Dwayne Pagnotto I have never negotiated a contract. Have you checked the education tab to see if there is a webinar on this topic?

Hey Dwayne Pagnotto !

Two things. First, I helped produce a short film which was a vanity project for a very wealthy person. They wanted a name to be attached to it. We were talking to Frank Langella and Cherry Jones at the time and were going to pay $15K for an 8-hour shoot out them for the two scenes (the role was written asexual, and was more about gravitas) We got traction on both, but schedules didn't work out. So that is to say, money can be the great motivator, though not for everyone, obviously. just be prepared to show up with a decent offer and be able to work around them.

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Thank you CJ. Very interesting information, that i know will come in handy at some point. I appreciate your contribution good sir. Naturally i am more worried about Frontend than Backend. But if it's available and within the realm of speculation and negotiation, then i wanna make sure i got all my i's dotted, and t's crossed before going in there so i do not look like I just got off the farm....lol. Thanks again sir. Be well.

I like where your heads at Dwayne Pagnotto. Studios love making money at the box office, but what they love more is a strong passive income stream via merchandising! All the money with 1/10th of the work!

Well, thanks very much for that sir. I am indeed highly honored to receive such words from a man of your caliber. And what yer telling me is good to hear, because this movie is going to be iconic, and i know it will not just settle for remaining in movie theaters....lol.

I am basically just starting out in the realm of screenwriting, and am now in the process of developing my portfolio. To date, I have one Television Pilot, called The Magic of Jingles, which is in a contest now on another site. A second episode to go along with the pilot. A series bible that develops the pilot more fully, including ten other episodes that brings the show to the season finale.

I also have a game show that i have created called Romancing New York. Plus i have written a new Episode for the TV show Seinfeld, which is probably my favorite TV series of all time.

And last, but certainly not least, is the movie i mentioned, my life's work, the actual screenplay that i was asking the question about. A swashbuckling action-adventure epic called, "The Dead Sea King."

As good as it is, it clocks in at about 300 pages. And although i have tried and am trying now to shave it down, it's extremely hard for me to do so, without removing some key elements which go a long way towards making the movie be all it can possibly be.

But of course no one will touch it until then, and so i am stuck trying to do something with it, which i know eventually, I will....lol.

But thanks again for yer lovely comments sir, and the encouragement. It definitely helps.

Be well.